jpdb beta

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

4

Earth; the globe

13

high quality

1

reward; prize

1

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

4

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

4

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

cold (drinking) water

2

parting; farewell

2

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

months and years

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

2

to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)

1

loud voice

3

to burst into laughter

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2

final; eventual; ultimate

3

doppelgänger; doppelganger

1

just as one wishes

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

level of confidence

2

it hasn't been long since

1

former years; formerly; a few years ago

1

Monday

1

to grow old; to age

2

to leave behind

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

2

superior; better

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

4

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

on the line; borderline

1

beam; light ray

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

10

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

5

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

2

to cling

4

belatedly; tardily

1

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

1

war preparation

1